'94 Door Lock Control Relay Question
ice745
08-21-2006, 12:26 AM
I have a '94 Camry 4-Cyl Camry, and I'm pretty sure the Door Lock Control Relay is dying, because it locks the doors fine, but doesn't always unlock the doors. When it doesn't unlock, neither the key, nor either of the door's unlock buttons, nor my Alarm/Remote Start will be able to unlock them. The key can unlock the doors manually, but it will not activate the power relay control. I no longer have the "Key Lock/Unlock detection switch" in the passenger door, so I don't expect the key to power unlock anything from there.
Sometimes opening the drivers door solves the problem, and your and my first thought should be a broken wire in the drivers door loom. But I took the door off and took out all the wiring and checked every wire for breaks. There were no obvious breaks, and testing with an ohmeter while bending each wire simulating the door opening and closing didn't show and breaks either. So the only thing left that makes sense to me is the Door Lock Control Relay and the door opening thing is just coincidence. If anyone has any other ideas, please give a shout out.
I looked on e-bay for the part, and found a Door Lock Relay Control for "92-96" Camry's. But the part number of that is 85980-33010. The part number of mine is 85980-33080.
Is it possible that I somehow have the wrong part in my car?
Or may it be because their part is taken from a '93 Camry, and I have a '94? I imagine the whole generation should use the same parts tho.
Is the number thats different just different for the year, and its actually the same part that I can use safely in my car?
I want to test the relays that're on the circuit for this Control. There are two of them, and I assume one is for locking, and one is for unlocking. If I can prove one to be faulty, I should be able to replace just that relay if I can find a matching relay. But I don't want to get into modifying the original circuit until I'm sure I have something that can replace it if it gets FUBAR.
Sometimes opening the drivers door solves the problem, and your and my first thought should be a broken wire in the drivers door loom. But I took the door off and took out all the wiring and checked every wire for breaks. There were no obvious breaks, and testing with an ohmeter while bending each wire simulating the door opening and closing didn't show and breaks either. So the only thing left that makes sense to me is the Door Lock Control Relay and the door opening thing is just coincidence. If anyone has any other ideas, please give a shout out.
I looked on e-bay for the part, and found a Door Lock Relay Control for "92-96" Camry's. But the part number of that is 85980-33010. The part number of mine is 85980-33080.
Is it possible that I somehow have the wrong part in my car?
Or may it be because their part is taken from a '93 Camry, and I have a '94? I imagine the whole generation should use the same parts tho.
Is the number thats different just different for the year, and its actually the same part that I can use safely in my car?
I want to test the relays that're on the circuit for this Control. There are two of them, and I assume one is for locking, and one is for unlocking. If I can prove one to be faulty, I should be able to replace just that relay if I can find a matching relay. But I don't want to get into modifying the original circuit until I'm sure I have something that can replace it if it gets FUBAR.
DFBonnett
08-21-2006, 06:23 AM
It's also possible that Toyota made a running change to the relay and gave the newer part a new number. They may be fully interchangeable.
FWIW
YMMV
FWIW
YMMV
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